In topology optimization literature, the term "robust topology optimization" is often used to refer to minimizing the weighted sum of the mean, and variance or standard deviation of a function subject to probabilistic uncertainty [1]}, [2]}, [3]}. However, this use of the term "robust optimization" is not consistent with the standard definition of RO in optimization theory literature, e.g. Ben-Tal et al. [4]}. The more compliant term is stochastic topology optimization or risk-averse topology optimization.
